Rehman Malik serves defamation notice on US woman

Islamabad: PPP senior leader, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior and former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik on Sunday through his lawyer Chaudhry: Abdur Rehman Bajwa Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan served a defamation notice to US Citizen Ms Cynthia D. Ritchie over false, frivolous and baseless allegation of rape against him.

Senator A. Rehman Malik has strongly rejected all allegations against him and has termed those a pack of lies to damage his national and international reputation.

He said that he is fighting for the honour and respect of his leader Benazir Bhutto who sacrificed her life for the nation and he can face such kinds of hundreds of false and fabricated allegations in this fight.

He said that he has been continuously receiving life threats and arrest for his vocal statements against the government but the opponents must know that he is never afraid of jails as he has already seen even the death cells. He said “When my opponents found nothing against me they began my character assassination”.

He said that my conscience is clear and on time, he will be exposing the conspirators behind Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and his character assassination and will show them the mirror.

He said that he has no personal enmity with the friendly country US national namely Ms. Cynthia Dawn Ritchie and he respects all women that is why he shall not use any counter remarks against her. He said that however time will tell whether she projected the soft image of Pakistan or not.

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